Walter Isaacson Quotes
I actually think Bill Gates is conventionally smarter, even though it's a dumb word, but mental processing power - I've watched him use four different screens, process information, get to the right answer, boom boom boom.
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When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
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It's healthy to have interests besides books.
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I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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I don't like possessions.
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All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
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In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.
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The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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The choice that frees or imprisons us is the choice of love or fear. Love liberates. Fear imprisons.
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Power in politics, sovereignty in America is with we the people, and that is the path to turning this country around: empowering the people.
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After I lost my fiance, it seemed like it would be better to always be alone than to risk being hurt again.
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What we want the folks in Ethiopia to know is that we are behind them in the democratic process. We know it is not perfect, as we are still working on ours; but we wish them success in this great and noble endeavor.
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I'm very conscious of... I don't feel like a star.
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When I lived in India, I'd speak like an Indian to get good prices while shopping. I'm good with accents.
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
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I've been training quite hard.
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The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.
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London has a very specific kind of style; it's very different to Milan, Paris, and New York. It's nice having that personality that we haven't lost. It's the English quirky style that people like to see when they come to Fashion Week.
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I think there's no greater healing power than music.
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I like smart jokes, I like dumb jokes, and I like dumb jokes done smartly.
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Hawaii's own Patsy Mink served as the first congresswoman of color and first Asian American woman in the House; she later sought the Democratic Party presidential nomination.
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By the end of the week, if I'm still alive, I get to write whatever I want about it all.
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I actually think Bill Gates is conventionally smarter, even though it's a dumb word, but mental processing power - I've watched him use four different screens, process information, get to the right answer, boom boom boom.
